Georgia Bereavement Casserole

At no occasion in the South is the art of casserole baking more evident than at the bereavements following funerals, which are, quite frankly, as social as they are solemn. It’s not unusual, in fact, to see at least half a dozen casseroles (savory and sweet) contributed to a bereavement table by relatives and friends, but I don’t think I had ever seen such a display as the one I saw in Monticello, Georgia, at the home of a cousin who had “passed.” One of the casseroles was this elaborate be